Actors Quotes
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There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'
Paddy Considine -
Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.
Viola Davis
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I love actors. I married one. OK, I married a fantastic one.
Felicity Huffman -
You don't always just have to do an indie movie to feel like you're controlling it with a few people that you really have connected with, creatively. You can do it on a bigger scale.
Kristen Stewart -
If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.
Tara Strong -
I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.
Danai Gurira -
As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.
Tony Kushner -
I've always thought of, of a relationship with an actor to an audience as a marriage, you know. And a story, you know. And there are ups and downs, and you work through them, and you work with them.
John Travolta
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A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare.
Ethan Hawke -
Marlon once said to me about being an actor: Can you imagine going to work every day and pretending to be someone else?
Mike Medavoy -
For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
Laura Dern -
I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.
Marlo Thomas -
Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.
Eric Stonestreet -
I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians.
Amy Poehler
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I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.
Molly Parker -
I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.
Nathan Fillion -
I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile.
Anthony Quinn -
I think there is a lot of space for people to love who they love, and a lot of space for actors to carve a niche for themselves.
Rani Mukerji -
For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically.
Ian Mckellen -
I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.
Gary Sinise
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Our job as actors, especially in front of a camera, is almost like textile artists. We spend so much time getting the right texture of yarn, and working out the color scheme, and binding off the weave, and making it just right.
Anthony Heald -
I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.
Akshay Kumar -
I was fortunate to work with actors who loved music too. Just seeing what it would do to their manner and their faces was great and it helped give the story a little more soul.
Cameron Crowe -
Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.
Kevin Kline